Spring Houses by Betty Bower

Spring Houses by Betty Bower

Spring Houses By Betty Bowers Palette: DecoArt Americana Acrylics Antique Rose * discontinued by DecoArt Antique White #13058 Bittersweet Chocolate #13195 Black Plum #13172 Cocoa #13253 Desert Turquoise #13044 French Grey Blue #13098 Golden Straw #13168 Hauser Dark Green #13133 Hauser Medium Green #13132 Irish Moss #13548 Lamp Black #13067 Marigold #13194 Oxblood #13139 Pansy Lavender #13154 Snow White #13001 Tomato Red #13169 Traditional Burnt Sienna #13223 Wedgewood Blue #13038 Winter Blue #13190 Yellow Ochre #13008 *suggested mix is Burgundy Wine #13022 + touch of Georgia Clay #13017 Surface: Row Houses set of 4 #62828 Misc. Supplies: Brush Basin #70174 DecoArt MultiPurpose Sealer #87392 DecoArt Acrylic Spray Sealer/Finisher Matte #70836 Tracing Paper Pad #83176 Gray Graphite #70141 Royal Soft Grip Embossing & Stylus set of 3 #70125 Paper Towels Pencil Old Toothbrush Star Stencil (optional) Brushes: Papillon by the Artist s Club Angular Shader, size ¼ #20109; size ½ #20111 Shader, size 2 #20125; size 4 #20126; size 6 #20127; size 8 # 20129 Liner, size 10/0 #20145 Glaze Wash, size 1 #20103 Highlighter Set # 20173 Preparation: General painting instructions: Dry brushing: I like to use a Papillon Highlighter Brush to dry brush. Any brush that is stiff, I have found for me, works great. Load brush with paint, brush back and forth on palette, then on paper towel to remove most of the paint. At the same time, you will be moving paint up into the bristles. Test before applying to the surface. Softly dab or scrub where needed. This tends to feel time con- 1

suming, but have patience. You want to build up the color. You can always add, but it is harder to take the color away. Spattering: I like to use an old tooth brush. Dip the brush into paint, not too much, you can always add. Then using the handle of a large brush, pull the handle over the tooth brush, pulling toward yourself. This is going from the front to the back. Practice on paper to get the hang of it. Slip/Slap: Use a criss/cross (X-ing) motions as you base. I like to use the 1 wash brush on a large surface. After the first basecoat is applied, when adding other colors, I like to keep the brush damp. Dip the toe of brush into paint and the other toe into water, just a little. This is wet on wet, I do this fairly quickly so I have time to blend the sections. Do not over blend, if your surface is looking too flat (colors have all blended together) then you may be over-blending, working in one area to long, you will need to add more dark or light color. Repeat until your are happy with the results. Dirty brush: This is going from one color to the next without cleaning out your brush and keeping your brush dry. Seal all houses with Deco Art All Purpose Sealer and let dry. Lightly sand again and remove dust. Painting Instructions: Blue house: 1. Basecoat the background with French Grey Blue. (See instructions above) While paint is still damp, load the dirty brush with Desert Turquoise and brush on the background in a slip slap motion. Next, pick up Winter Blue and blend in lighter areas. At this point, you may need to add darker or even lighter color. Let dry. Shade around the edge with Desert turquoise, and turn your brush on the chisel edge and pull down some lines down the house. Let this dry. Repeat shading with Bittersweet Chocolate and pull down more lines on the house. Let dry. 2. Trace on basic lines. 3. Basecoat the roof with Cocoa. Using a flat brush, load with Traditional Burnt Sienna on one side and Antique White on the other side (tow) blend on palette. Start at the bottom row, and paint the singles in one stroke, press down, pull and lift as you are pulling up. Load brush a continue up to the top of roof. If you go over the window area, this will be ok. You will be base coating the windows and this will cover it up. If needed, you can darken in between 2

3 the shingle with Bittersweet Chocolate. 4. Paint the chimney with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Shade with Bittersweet Chocolate. Highlight with a little Antique White plus White. Pull come lines across with Bittersweet Chocolate. 5. Windows: Paint the inside of all windows with Golden Straw. Shade with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Dry brush the centers with Yellow Ochre, then with White. Paint the two top roofs (over the windows), door frame, and the bottom window frame with Antique White. Shade with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Highlight with White. Paint the curtains in the bottom window with floats of White. It may take several light coats to build up. You don t want a solid white curtain. Add dots of Antique Rose * (*discontinued by DecoArt - see Palette for suggested mix). Paint the window pane lines with Snow White. 6. Paint the window boxes, the sign, above the bottom window, and the door with Cocoa. Shade with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Dry brush highlights with White. On the window boxes, pull some lines across with Bittersweet Chocolate. Pull down the lines on the door, for planks and the top of the bottom window with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Then darken the board lines with Bittersweet Chocolate. Next, using your liner brush and Lamp Black, strengthen the planks and paint grain lines. Paint the door knob and hinges with Lamp Black. Highlight with Snow White. 7. Paint the letters on sign with Antique White. Shade on the left side of each letter with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Highlight with Snow White. Paint the wire and nail with Lamp Black. Highlight with Snow White. 8. All flowers and greenery: First, stipple in the area on top of each box and across the ground and up, over the door with Hauser Medium Green. Next, load dirty brush with Hauser Dark Green, repeat the stippling process with the darker color more on the bottom. Wipe out as much paint as you can and load brush with Irish Moss, repeat stippling more on the top of greenery. Then, pick up a little Snow White to add highlights to the greenery. Using your liner brush, paint some squiggle lines all through the greenery, by mixing a little water with Hauser Dark Green. This is a fast process. 9. Using a small flat brush, double loaded with Hauser Medium Green and Hauser Dark Green, all leaves here and there all through the greenery using one stroke. Then repeat with Irish Moss and Snow

White add lighter leaves. 10. Flowers: double load a small flat brush with Antique Rose * (*discontinued by Deco Art see Palette for suggested mix) and Snow White. Paint the flowers by dabbing them in, with white on the top. Then add some Pansy Lavender flowers and Marigold Flowers. 11. Add Snow White clusters of dots to all greenery. Add some Snow White squiggle lines coming out of greenery. 12. Paint the star with Yellow Ochre. Shade with Traditional Burnt Sienna and add a little shading on the outside of star. Add two Lamp Black nails. Red roof house: 1. Basecoat house with Marigold. While paint is damp blend in Traditional Burnt Sienna, then a little Antique Rose * (* discontinued by DecoArt see Palette for suggested mix). Next, pick up some Yellow Ochre and add lighter areas. Let dry. Shade with Traditional Burnt Sienna and pull down some lines under the roof area. Let dry. 2. Trace on basic lines. 3. Paint the roof, chimney, and door with Tomato Red. Shade with Black Plum. Highlight with Antique Rose * (*discontinued by DecoArt see Palette for suggested mix). Paint brick lines on the chimney with Lamp Black. 4. All windows: Paint the inside of all windows with Golden Straw. Shade with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Dry brush the centers with Yellow Ochre, then with White. Paint the window pane lines with Bittersweet Chocolate. Paint the frame around windows and door with Hauser Dark Green. Paint the little lines with Golden Straw. Dry brush with a little Snow White to brighten. Also, shade on the left side of windows with Traditional Burnt Sienna. 5. Window Flowers: use your liner brush to pull out vines under the windows with Hauser Dark Green. Double load a small flat brush with Hauser Medium Green and Hauser Dark Green, paint all the leaves here and there all through the greenery using one stroke. Then repeat with Irish Moss to add lighter leaves. Using your liner brush and Hauser Dark Green, paint in some squiggles coming out of leaves. 6. Rose buds: double load a flat brush with Antique Rose * (*discontinued by DecoArt see Palette for suggested mix) and tipped in Snow White. Dab on shape with the white on top. Then using your 4

liner brush and Snow White, paint two lines coming across the bud. 7. Vine over door: paint the vine with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Paint the leaves with Hauser Medium Green and Irish Moss. Paint the flowers with Snow- White. Dot the centers with Pansy Lavender. 8. Green bush: stipple with Hauser Medium Green tapped in Snow White. Stipple in the bush starting at the top working down. 9. Blue flowers: paint the stems with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Double load a stipple brush with Desert Turquoise and Snow White. Stipple down the stem. 10. I added some cracks to the house here and there with a liner brush and Lamp Black. 5 Green roof house: 1. Paint the house with Antique White. Next, load brush with Hauser Medium Green and slip/slap on the house. Pick up a little Traditional Burnt Sienna and blend in. pick up a little Yellow Ochre blend in here and there. Let dry. 2. Shade the house with Hauser Dark Green. Pull some lines across the house and paint the line on the roof with Lamp Black. 3. Paint the roof with Hauser Medium Green. Shade with Hauser Dark Green plus a little Bittersweet Chocolate on the sides. Dry brush Irish Moss in the middle. Plus a little Snow White. 4. Paint the chimney with Tomato Red. Shade with Black Plum. Highlight with Antique Rose * (*discontinued by DecoArt see Palette for suggested mix). 5. Trace on basic lines. 6. Follow directions above for inside of window and the top of door. Paint the curtain with a wash of Antique Rose * (*discontinued by DecoArt see palette for suggested mix). Add detail lines with Bittersweet Chocolate. Add Snow White dots. 7. Paint the window frame, box and door with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Highlight with Cocoa. Shade with Bittersweet Chocolate. Outline the plank lines and paint the nails, door knob and hinges with Lamp Black. 8. Paint the two pots with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Shade with Bittersweet Chocolate. Highlight with Cocoa. Stipple moss in pots and paint the tree trunks with Bittersweet Chocolate. Highlight with Snow White. 9. Topiaries: With Hauser Medium Green and Hauser Dark Green, stipple in the foliage, with the dark

on the bottom. Using a dirty brush double load with Irish Moss and Snow White and stipple in a few highlights. 10. Double load a small flat brush with Hauser Dark Green and Irish Moss and stroke in the leaves. Using your liner brush and Hauser Dark Green, paint some squiggle on all the foliage. 11. Ground flowers: double load with Hauser Med Green and Hauser Dark Green and stipple in the ground area. Then dab in the flowers with Golden Straw, Antique Rose * (*discontinued by DecoArt see Palette for suggested mix), and Desert Turquoise. 12. Double load with Hauser Medium Green and Hauser Dark Green and stipple in the wreaths on the doors. Then lightly stipple with Irish Moss plus Snow White. Paint the bow with Antique Rose * (*discontinued by DecoArt see Palette for suggested mix), highlight with Snow White. Star house: 1. Basecoat house with Antique White. Blend in Traditional Burnt Sienna. Also pull down some streaks on the house. Let dry. Shade he edges of the house with Traditional Burnt Sienna. 2. Paint the chimney with Tomato Red. Paint bricks lines with Antique White * (*discontinued by Deco- Art see Palette for suggested mix). 3. Paint roof with Bittersweet Chocolate. Highlight and paint lines with Antique White. 4. Paint windows with Bittersweet Chocolate. Paint pane lines with Antique White. Shade on the left outside of windows with Bittersweet Chocolate. 5. Paint the stars with Lamp Black. 6. Paint the door with Hauser Medium Green. Shade with Hauser Dark Green. Highlight the top right side with a little Irish Moss. Paint the door frame with Antique White. Outline with Bittersweet Chocolate. 7. Pots: paint both pots with Traditional Burnt Sienna. Shade with Bittersweet Chocolate. Highlight with Antique White. 8. The two topiaries are painted the same as above, but with one added color of paint to the hearts: Golden Straw. And Antique Rose * (*discontinued by DecoArt see Palette for suggested mix) to the round topiaries. Finishing: Finish with several light coats of DecoArt Acrylic Spray Sealer/Finisher Matte. 6

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